What’s ordinary – even dull – about daily life is actually “brilliant and divine,” writes Goodson on his blog, “the Miracle of the Mundane.” After nearly dying from addiction – a drug-induced psychosis in Mexico led to psychiatric treatment and eventually, recovery – Goodson’s spiritual journey has evolved over the past decade. He’s found new perspective as a man in recovery who is also a high school English teacher, husband and father, peer mentor and coach. “The fact that I am living on borrowed time motivates me to make the most of every day I have to live,” Goodson says. “I didn’t know how to live without drugs and alcohol. I was ready to die. And I nearly did,” he says. “It was by grace that my life was spared and I was given a second chance. I try never to forget that. “